Atlético Nacional came from less to more in the Antioquia classic. Under the orders of Pedro Sarmiento who lives the last matches of him as technical director in possession of the purslane team, they managed to recover from the last classic that they lost. On this occasion, the situation began complex with an initial goal from Luciano Pons after five minutes after a great assist from Andrés Ricaurte.
Despite the great start of Medellín and the excellent first half they showed, everything fell apart in the first 45 minutes thanks to the comeback that began with Sebastián Gómez and Nelson Palacio. David González reiterated on occasions that the first half was very good, but it is curious when Nacional went ahead on the scoreboard.
Medellín’s reaction came towards the end with another goal from Vladimir Hernández, but unfortunately, it happened when there were only a few minutes left to finish the game. During the 90 minutes, worthy of a classic, there was one or another discussed play, one that sparked the debate on the Win Sports program, Take Long. The channel’s journalists and panelists spoke about a possible maximum sentence in favor of the powerful.
And it is that, in the middle of a center to the area, there was an exchange of pushes and grabs between Alexander Mejía and Andrés Felipe Cadavid. The play went unnoticed, and later, Emanuel Olivera jumped to head and it seemed as if the ball hit his hand, but it was not ruled as a penalty either. What yes, is that it generated a lot of hype in the different analysis programs both in favor of the central judge and against the decisions.
The first to speak was Julián Téllez, the former player said, “Mr. Mejía forgets about the ball and Mr. Mejía all he wants is to destabilize Cadavid.” An exchange of voices from the other panelists interrupted Téllez. Daniela Caro maintained that the grab was both theirs, while Eduardo Luis, the host of the program, asked them to return the play slowly.
In the analysis, Daniela Caro added, “Andres Cadavid’s hand is on Alexander Mejía’s face”, referring to the fact that it was the central defender who started the heated dispute in the area. “Look at the hand, look at the hand,” Eduardo Luis and JJ Miranda repeated, alluding to Cadavid’s slap at his brand. In addition, the journalist from Antioquia pointed to Julián Téllez, “if you take that penalty for that very reason in a classic at minute 90, Téllez football ends, there is nothing there. Conclusion, you lost Téllez, it was nothing there”.
But that action was not the only one that was put under the magnifying glass and gave something to talk about in the analysis of the Antioquia classic. Right there, they put together the debate on the next play, because in the jump, Emanuel Olivera seems to contact the ball with his hand, although it is very difficult to judge because there is also a scratch on his back. The Argentine turns to rise, and the ball hits him.
Eduardo Luis explained using the regulations, “from the armpit down, he is hitting him right there, that is the point of contact”, in this way, for the journalist, who will report the World Cup, it was a penalty. The voices appeared, Daniela Caro supported Eduardo, while Iván René Valenciano asked again when the maximum penalty would be ruled.
However, Iván Valenciano did not understand it and gave an example that had little or nothing to do with it, “that is, if the ball hits a player on the edge of the area, it is not a penalty”. Eduardo Luis replied, “no, what happens is that the regulations even show it with a photo and put a little green shadow in the area. The regulations say that from the armpit down is a penalty ”, while he was speaking he touched his arm to indicate in which part of Emanuel Olivera he hit.
Whether it was a grab or push from Alexander Mejía to Andrés Felipe Cadavid, or it was a hand by Emanuel Olivera, the two possible penalties were not indicated. It will simply remain for discussion, nothing more than that.
